Myrtaceae
'ohi'a
Metrosideros macropus
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Metrosideros
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- 'ohi'a
Synonyms
- Metrosideros macropus f. ruber H.St.John
- Nania macropus (Hook. & Arn.) H.Lév.
- Nania macropus (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.